Storyboards for 'Scream Street' Competition (CBBC)

"Scream Street" is a new stop-motion series which made its debut on CBBC in October this year. The show is made at Factory, an animation studio in Altrincham, and is owned by Coolabi.

Recently, CBBC, Factory and Coolabi launched a competition for aspiring animators in Northern England, inviting students to create a 45-second long animation featuring the show's comic relief characters, Dig the dog and Lulu the leech. Using these two characters and a selection of props (which the modelmakers at Factory have already produced), I storyboarded a short piece, imagining what these two characters would be like in a particular situation. The situation I chose was "bowling", a situation which would allow Dig to show his over-eager personality and Lulu her bossy personality.

Spyder: Final Series Bible

I've recently completed my final Series Bible for my TV series.

Link to PDF file:
http://www.blurb.com/pdf_book/631085/download?expires=1417266909&signature=dfebec890aebdd1ee7a38894fa4632f0cdcd76c3

PDF file:

Original Word document containing research:

Spyder: Merchandising

SPYDER (TV SERIES) - AIMS:

“Spyder” is a prospect for a new animated television series aimed at 6-10 year olds. Each episode would be 10 minutes in duration. “Spyder” is a secret agent working for an organisation run by spiders, dedicating their lives to improving their friendship with humans, although the humans are completely unaware of this. This instantly allows many opportunities for comedy within its dialogue and visuals, making the series unique and fun for its target audience to watch. Spyder pays homage to Saturday morning cartoons and creations such as James Bond, often spoofing iconic moments, characters and ideas.

The series would be animated in 2D using Flash or CelAction – the style which best suits the nature of each of the stories.

Spyder toy with catch phrases - use to scare friends!

T-shirt

Cup (side 1)

Cup (side 2)

Merchandise:

*DVDs = episodic releases / complete series / box sets

*Books = storybooks / bath books / magazines / comics

*Motorised Spyder – a Spyder toy to scare friends with!

*Electric wind-up spiders.

*Actual spider in the bath = bath toy or bar of soap.

*Velcro throwing game

*Miniature figures – recreate your favourite adventures!

*iPad/iPhone/iPod touch apps.

*Official website, Facebook page, Twitter page and YouTube channel.

*Online download = episodes on iTunes and/or Netflix.

*Episodes to be broadcast on CBBC.

*Board game.

*Video game.

*Toys / T-shirts / lunchboxes.

Spyder: Budget

This week I created the budget for the "Spyder" TV series based on 10x10" episodes created in Flash animation (2D).